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The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2020: There are 126,417 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,945 confirmed (including 5,747 deaths, 54,...

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign minister pushed for Lebanon's president to pursue economic and political reforms as he expressed Canadian solidarity with the embattled Lebanese people. Foreign Affairs Minis...

KENOSHA, Wis. - Protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, were mostly peaceful following the arrest of a 17-year-old police admirer accused of killing two people and wo...

MONTREAL - Thousands of Quebec schoolchildren are heading back to class today, putting the provincial government's controversial back-to-school plan to the test. As Montreal's French-language sch...

WASHINGTON - Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling on a speaking agency through which WE Charity paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family to hand over all...

LAKE ARTHUR, La. - Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border earl...

Athletes who have played in diversity-themed games that celebrate pride and inclusion use homophobic language less often than players who have not, accordi...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 27 ... What...

EDMONTON - Albertans are to get a look at the province's biggest deficit in history when the government releases its financial update today. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has been warning that the...